The Dickinson press., 1887-07-02

| street.
Mrs. j. b. Mcdonald was taken sud-
denly ill with heart trouble on Satur.
day evening and for Il time it Was
thought she could not recover. She
is now better and able to sit up.
The Methodist Episcopal Aid Soci-
ETY. will hold an ice cream festival i'm
Messersmith's ROOM, Willard street.
on Friday evening. July Sth. Re-
freshments served from eight to ten
O'Clock p. IN. All are invited.
L. II. Randall. jeff. Mcdonald and
JOS Bray, all pioneers in Stark county.
made final proof on their homeSteads
before Judge Campbell last Monday.
| Mr.. Randall's land is located two miles
west of town and that of Bray and
| Mcdonald OH Green river.
Supervisor Tamhlin this week COM
pleted good substantial swalks on Viii
/ LstlO NllSCU ttNlOSS tNllllS tlil lltllIltS.
The work is we'll done and makes Il
very good improvement as is also the
walk across Willard street to the de-
pot platform.
Geo. MuZzy and John Davis have
completed their Manitoba contracts
and returned to. Dickinson. They
were not pleased with that country
and think that unless Il man can live
on bull berries and sage brush he has
no business there. No place like
Dickinson, boys, ell!
Grand concert and ball to be given
at the rink, Thursday evening, July
It'll. The first ipart of the evening a
choice selection of vocal and instru-
mental music will he rendered. after
| which will be dancing. Concert tick.
cts Scots. .children 25cts.. dance and
concert tickets 15cts.. on sale at Nc.
Gillivray's.
p. b. Prior. IL of the we'll known
and prosperous Green river farmers,
met with a painful accident while in
town last Saturday. He WAS kicked
by a horse at the livery stable. result
ing in two broken ribs. He is doing
well and it is hoped may be able to so
about in Il few days.
Last Saturday the residence of II.
+. Beckett had Il narrow escape from
destruction by fire. a lot of old rail-
road ties were piled against one cor
ner of the house and in some way the
pile caught fire, which gained consid-
cradle heading before being discover
ed. The fire was eNtinguishcd with
out damage to the property, hut a few
minutes more would have resulted in
| it's loss.
L. b. Ingram, Il wealthy and inllu.
entail citizen of Fond du Lac. Wis.
is at Gladstone, the guest of II. j. Tur-
ner, looking up u location for his
sons and several friends. He is much
taken with the country and will. i'm
all probability, make selections before
returning east. They were here
Tuesday looking Dickinson and sur
rounding country over.
A 1nffn,. AT ln,,,l f.,,, ,,.
now located ut Spokane Falls, Wash.
Ter. says: The weather has been very
warm for the past week. Today it is
cloudy and very pleasant, for when it
is 50 hot here it is so fe%arfully dusty
one cHn hardly see to move about.
Trout fishing is going ON here in grand
shape. The Spokane river is Il fine
stream, the water never gets warm
enough for bathing. as it is fed from
snow off the mountains so it is cold
enough to drink all summer.
The rain on "Wednesday evening
seems to have sheen general through
out the county and came just in time,
as crops were beginning to suffer for
Want of moisture. Most people Inow
have hopes of securing Il fair crop.
Several specimens of wheat and oats
left ut this Office look well, some
measuring yer two feet in length.
strong and thrifty looking and are
said to be average samples of the
fields from which they were taken.
a great deal of the grain will be short
but that we'll put in will yield about
an average crop. Grain poorly put
in seems to have suffered to some en-
tent from the dry weather and will
not yield so we'll.
Sheriff Sebastian arrested several
parties last Saturday ON the charge of
d%isorderly conduct and and they were
taken before Judge Campbell who
fined each SO and costs. The fines
were all paid except that imposed on
AlltNN. LA'llllo WIN 'OIlGluNltu 10 DDttIu
his ont in the county Jail. VIM. Ball
was also arrested and tried at the
same time for ~discharging fire arms
where the lives of persons were en-
dangered. The Judge bound him
over to the grand jury. fixing bonds at
5000 and lie is at liberty. having Civ
en- the bond. The sheriff is deter
mined to keep order in the town and
this lesson should teach the boys
and all others not to let their cnthll-
| siasm get the best of them.
Hangers are out announcing another
cheap excursion from the east. First
class round trip land excursion tick
cts for land explorers good for the
purchaser only. and good for 90 days
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